There was once a young man called Paul in a village in the USA. Paul was very lazy because his father was a rich farmer and he didn’t have to work. Mr Smith, a neighbour of his, was a blacksmith (铁匠). He used to work in his shop all day. Paul spent hours and hours watching how the blacksmith worked every day. “Young man, why don’t you try your hand to make a shoe tack (铁钉), even it is only to pass the time?” said the blacksmith one day, “ Maybe it will be useful to you some day.” Finally, the lazy boy began to have a try. After practicing some times, he became skilled and could make very nice tacks.
Years later, Paul’s father died and he lost all the things because of a war (战争). He had to move to another country and live by himself. It happened that there were many shoemakers paying high prices to buy tacks for the shoes, because in that part of the country there was a great need of tacks for soldiers’ shoes. Paul went to talk with them. He told them that he would make the tacks if they could help him find a workshop in the village. The shoemakers agreed. Then Paul made a lot of money by making tacks. “How funny it is!” he said to himself, “Even by making shoe tacks, one can become rich.”
【小题1】Why didn’t Paul have to work?
A. Because he couldn’t do anything.
B. Because he was too lazy.
C. Because his father was very rich.
D. B and C.
【小题2】What’s the Chinese meaning of skilled?
A.熟练的.B.适应的.C.自信的.D.巧妙的.
【小题3】What did Paul do after his father died because of the war?
A.He travelled to another country.
B.He moved to another country.
C.He learned to make shoes.
D.He started a workshop.
【小题4】How many kinds of people appeared in the story except Paul ?
A.Five.B.Four.C.Three.D.Two.
【小题5】What can we learn form the story?
A.Making tacks is important.
B.Wars can make people hard-working.
C.Nothing is difficult to learn.
D.Everything you learned may be useful.

Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often   1  sad and lonely.
One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small   2  was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away   3  failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned   4  a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very   5 .
“Thank you for   6  me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.
The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be   7 !”
The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the kind little girl grew up, she was   8  ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the   9  of her happiness. She always smiled and   10 , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind   11  when I was a little girl.”
When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the   12  all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were   13  that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”
The lovely old woman still   14  and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or   15 . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”

【小题1】
A.thoughtB.foundC.soundedD.felt
【小题2】
A.butterflyB.birdC.snakeD.squirrel
【小题3】
A.soB.orC.butD.as
【小题4】
A.onB.upC.into D.down
【小题5】
A.surprisedB.tiredC.madD.angry
【小题6】
A.catchingB.beatingC.killingD.saving
【小题7】
A.activeB.happyC.energeticD.humorous
【小题8】
A.alwaysB.neverC.seldomD.hardly
【小题9】
A.successB.secretC.powerD.lesson
【小题10】
A.askedB.hopedC.answeredD.refused
【小题11】
A.witchB.fairyC.ghostD.princess
【小题12】
A.villageB.townC.cityD.world
【小题13】
A.excitedB.pleasedC.gladD.afraid
【小题14】
A.shoutedB.criedC.smiledD.jumped
【小题15】
A.youngB.greatC.niceD.quiet

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